Arkansas’ Owens-Delerme captures decathlon title

Arkansas junior Ayden Owens-Delerme is the primary Razorback to win the nationwide decathlon title.

Owens-Delerme scored 8,457 factors, matching the meet file, to win the decathlon on the NCAA Outside Observe and Discipline Championships on Thursday night time at Hayward Discipline in Eugene, Ore.

It was the second NCAA title for Owens-Delerme this yr together with profitable the heptathlon on the indoor championships.

Owens-Delerme now shares the NCAA meet decathlon file with Ashton Eaton, who scored 8,457 factors for Oregon in 2010

Going into the 1,500, the ultimate occasion, Owens-Delerme had 7,709 factors — an 11-point lead over Texas sophomore Leo Neugebauer.

Owens-Delerme ran 4 minutes, 29.54 seconds to clinch the title with Neugebauer operating 4:42.58 to complete second with 8,362 factors.

Arkansas junior Daniel Spejcher completed seventh within the decathlon with 7,744 factors.

Georgia junior Kyle Garland was third with 7,665 factors.

Garland broke Owens-Delerme’s collegiate file by scoring 8,720 factors on Could 7 to complete second on the USA Champions held at Arkansas’ John McDonnell Discipline.

Owens-Delerme had set the file of 8,578 factors on April 15 on the Mount San Antonio Faculty Relays in Walnut, Calif.

Owens-Delerme had a personal-best discus throw of 151 toes, 9 inches to focus on his Thursday occasions. He ran the 110-meter hurdles in 13.93, cleared 14-9 1/2 within the pole vault and threw the javelin 183-11.

Spejcher had a personal-best 190-7 throw within the javelin. His different marks Thursday had been 14.38 within the 110 hurdles, 15-9 1/4 within the pole vault, 137-11 within the discus and 4:46.33 within the 1,500.

In girls’s competitors Thursday night time, Arkansas junior Amada Fassold cleared a personal-best 14-11 within the pole vault to take second.

Fassold, the SEC champion competing simply two hours from her hometown of Hillsboro, Ore., missed two makes an attempt at 15-1. Her last try was a miss at 15-3.

Louisville senior Gabriel Leon gained with a clearance of 15-1.

Arkansas junior Bailee McCorkle cleared 13-9 1/4 to complete tenth. Junior Mackenzie Hayward didn’t clear the opening peak of 12-9 1/2.

Arkansas junior Lauren Gregory didn’t end the ten,000.

Sophomore Britton Wilson ran 54.72 within the 400-meter hurdles to advance to the ultimate for the Razorbacks.

Wilson, a switch from Tennessee, is the nationwide chief this season with a 53.75 she ran to win the SEC title.

Florida sophomore Anna Corridor, who gained the heptathlon on the USA Champions, had the highest qualifying time within the 400 hurdles at 54.48

Wilson ended Thursday night time’s occasions by anchoring Arkansas to a qualifying time of three:27.52 within the 1,600 relay. She ran 50.77 seconds on her cut up for a staff that included senior Morgan Burks-Magee, freshman Rosey Effiong and senior Jada Baylark.

Senior Logan Jolly ran an Arkansas school-record 9:38.13 within the 3,000-meter steeplechase semifinals to steer all qualifiers for the ultimate. She broke the mark of Krissy Gear, who ran 9:38.62 final yr.

Gear, a senior, ran a season-best 4:13.48 to qualify for the 1,500 last.

Effiong superior to the 400 last, operating 51.06. Burks-Magee ran 52.02 and didn’t make the ultimate.

Baylark ran 11.21 within the 100 to take 14th within the semifinals and didn’t advance.